Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Diane Walker has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and she will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Diane is an award-winning artist and photographer based in Washington, USA. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 30th Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified her work to be showcased in this feature.
Her Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Diane’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of her acrylic abstract paintings submitted to this competition.
After 20 years as a professional photographer, Diane Walker began studying abstract painting with Christopher Mathie. She took additional courses with a variety of artists, including Louise Fletcher, Kasia Kresika, Jane Davies and Cat Tesla, and — because she lives on the shores of the Pacific Northwest —became fascinated with the artists of St. Ives and particularly David Mankin’s abstract seascapes.
Combining insights from her daily contemplative practice with her love of the sea and her broadening awareness of artistic media, Diane approaches her time in the studio as an opportunity not only to experiment with color, form, and line, but also to create an immersive sense of the fluidity and drama of the sea along with its underlying stillness.
Working primarily in acrylics, she creates atmospheric, meditative work that is rooted in stillness and invites viewers into a contemplative space — open, calming, and quietly alive with sparks of inspiration to inspire the imagination.
A member of Women Painters of Washington and the Port Ludlow Art League, Diane regularly displays her award-winning work in galleries, hospitals, and festivals around Washington State.
For me the most intriguing creative challenges in life, at work, and in art have always been about reconciling opposites: finding the common ground beneath obvious differences and unearthing the potential for unity that lies hidden in diversity.
As an abstract painter I work to accomplish those objectives, first by working with the opposite shades of blue and orange, and then by balancing dark and light, form and space, movement and stillness. I use a mix of broad house paint brushes and delicate calligraphy brushes, responding to what evolves on the canvas, and the end result, though unplanned, often tends to reflect the quiet undulations of sea and sky that are such an integral part of my life on the coast of the Pacific Northwest.
My hope is that in balancing opposites in a serene context I may bring forth artistry that not only pleases the eye but also awakens a more open and creative response in my viewers, allowing them to imagine a world where dreams and reality can co-exist in peaceful harmony.
What delights me as an artist is to dance in that thin space between the formless and form; to drift from individual to universal and back again; to trace the interaction between our collective understanding of the world and my own unique experience of what pleases or inspires.
Which means that, for me, a painting succeeds if it is neither fully representational nor completely abstract, but calls the viewer into some other healing space where we can both make and safely explore our assumptions about what we see.
To learn more about Diane and to see more of her digital photographs, please visit her website.
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Fusion Art and Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery's award-winning artist, photographer, and poet Patricia Cannon has released her debut novel.
Patricia's book, Wild Heart, features dialogues between her poetry and her photographs. These are not examples of ekphrastic poetry; instead, both the poems and the photos were created separately. Readers will delight in uncovering hidden meanings within the two art forms as they "overhear" each of these "conversations."
Patricia's life, faith, and creative work as a poet and photographer are deeply connected. Her combination of imagery and writing draws audiences into emotional worlds, giving a gentle, yet profound, look at instances of beauty and introspection.
Patricia possesses the rare talent of converting her individual experiences into widely relatable insights. Blending emotional intensity in her photography with her poetic perceptions, she carves out a unique space in the art and literary fields. She uses her writing and photography to explore both the beauty and vulnerability of being human.
You can find her book here: https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/wild-heart
Patricia Cannon has worked as a Registered Nurse at UCSF since 2001. Over the course of her career, she has gained expertise in a range of areas: cardiac critical care, neurointensive care, hematology-oncology, and school nursing. At the moment, her primary focus is research. Patricia devotes her time to her faith, photography, and the art of writing, in addition to her job. Patricia has won top awards in both Fusion Art and Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery exhibitions as well as a Solo Art Exhibition on the Light Space & Time website.
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is very pleased to announce that Kylo-Patrick Hart has been selected as one of the four winning artists of the gallery’s recent 28th “Solo Art Series” Art Competition. Kylo-Patrick will now have a month-long solo art exhibition, and he will be featured on the gallery’s front page, on the Gallery’s YouTube Channel, as well as in the “Solo Art Series” Archive.
Kylo-Patrick Hart is an award-winning photographer based in Texas, USA. He will now be promoted by the gallery with an extensive public relations campaign.
For this solo exhibition, the gallery will distribute, promote, and circulate press releases to hundreds of major news outlets. The Gallery will also provide social media distribution through LST Gallery’s broad social media network.
Kylo-Patrick’s art will also be featured on the gallery’s YouTube Channel, and with an event postcard.
The “Solo Art Series” is a series of monthly solo art exhibitions for established artists who have a body of work to present to the public. Artist participants were asked to submit the following 3 components for the “Solo Art Series” competition: 1. Their art. 2. Their artist biography. 3. Their artist statement. These elements were evaluated and judged, resulting in the selection of the artists who will be featured in individual month-long solo art exhibitions.
Below is Kylo-Patrick’s Artist Biography and his Artist Statement, along with 24 of his photographs. We hope that you will take the time to read his information and to take a look at his work.
Kylo-Patrick Hart is an award-winning photographer and chair of the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media at Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, Texas, USA). He received his formal training in digital media arts while a student at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, with additional instruction provided by offerings of the Maine Media Workshops and Santa Fe Workshops. His photographs have been exhibited in numerous cities throughout the United States and in several countries abroad.
Photography has been my passion since early childhood. My motivation is to discover and capture the beauty, even when it is not always readily self-evident, that surrounds us continuously in all areas of our everyday lives. I believe the finest images are those that are serious yet playful, aesthetically appealing yet a bit quirky.
As both an artist and an admirer, my favorite photographs tend to be ones whose contents speak loudly for themselves — even when it is not immediately clear exactly what they are saying. They seek to inspire their viewers to wrestle with their intriguing contents and, as a result, ponder various aspects of our surrounding world in new and unique ways.
To see more of Kylo-Patrick’s work, visit his website.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Kylo-Patrick Hart has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and he will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Kylo-Patrick is an award-winning photographer based in Texas, USA. He was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 27th Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified his photographs to be showcased in this feature.
Kylo-Patrick’s Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets, with inclusion on Google News & Bing News. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting his artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Kylo-Patrick’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 photographs that were submitted to this competition.
Kylo-Patrick Hart is an award-winning photographer and chair of the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media at Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, Texas, USA). He received his formal training in digital media arts while a student at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, with additional instruction provided by offerings of the Maine Media Workshops and Santa Fe Workshops.
As an artist, his motivation is to discover and capture the beauty, even when it is not always readily self-evident, that surrounds us continuously in all areas of our everyday lives. His photographs have been exhibited in numerous cities throughout the United States and in several countries abroad.
Photography has been my passion since early childhood. I believe the finest images are those that are serious yet playful, aesthetically appealing yet a bit quirky. My overall approach to photography and related forms of artistic production results from the combined influences of Cubism, Expressionism, Fauvism, Impressionism, and Surrealism, all of which affect how I see the world around me and then proceed to document it. This process involves important decisions regarding matters of abstraction, distortion, fragmentation, and emotional effect as well as whether to capture a subject realistically or instead quite innovatively.
As both an artist and an admirer, my favorite photographs tend to be ones whose contents speak loudly for themselves — even when it is not immediately clear exactly what they are saying. They seek to inspire their viewers to wrestle with their intriguing contents and, as a result, ponder various aspects of our surrounding world in new and unique ways.
To learn more about Kylo-Patrick and to see more of his beautiful photographs, please visit his website.
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Congratulations to Sandy Gherardi for her acceptance into Fusion Art's Featured Artist Members Gallery.
Sandy Gherardi is an award-winning self-taught, fine art photographer based in Washington, DC and Virginia, USA.
Sandy’s love for photography originated decades ago with a Nikon School of Photography weekend course and a Digital Arts course at the Corcoran School of Art. After that, she was hooked!
While she’s often recognized for her abstracts, she also embraces representational photography. She rarely pre-select a location to photograph. She finds subjects everywhere, from the banks of a scenic river to a mundane heap of trash.
Architecture, window and water reflections are among Sandy’s favorites. Never knowing what she’ll discover on any given day, life becomes an adventure.
Sandy was awarded 1st Place Overall/Best in Show for her photograph, "The Big Apple” in the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery’s 14th Annual “Cityscapes” Online Art Exhibition in June 2024 and selected this Featured Artist membership as her award.
Sandy is a Fusion Art Featured Artist Member.
Click below to visit her member artist webpage and to learn more about her.
https://www.fusionartgallery.art/sandy-gherardi/
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Stephen Mimms has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and he will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Stephen is an award-winning photographer based in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. He was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 27th Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified his photographs to be showcased in this feature.
Stephen’s Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets, with inclusion on Google News & Bing News. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting his artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Stephen’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 photographs that were submitted to this competition.
Born in Kentucky, Stephen now resides in Silver Spring, Maryland with his wife and two dogs.
Stephen skills were self-taught, beginning with film photography, learning traditional film development through self-study, books, magazines and practice. After retiring as a project manager, he discovered digital photography, Adobe Photoshop and the passion for his craft continued.
My images are designed to inspire and create art. My works reflect a unique style and point of view. The viewer can literally "see through my eyes," the power and beauty revealed in the image. I digitally combine photography with various filters to create a photo-realistic imagery. The goal for each and every one of my photos is to make you stop, look and be moved to think. I want to create images that not only have a story to tell but have depth and feeling and serve as reminders of the breadth of all of our emotions and senses.
To learn more about Stephen and to see more of his “Gingerbread Cottages” series of photographs, please visit his website.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Robert Bolla has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and he will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Robert is an award-winning artist based in Missouri, USA. He was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 27th Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified his photographs to be showcased in this feature.
Robert’s Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets, with inclusion on Google News & Bing News. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Robert’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 photographs from his “The World Around Us” series that were submitted to this competition.
Robert’s first experience in photography was when he was offered the opportunity to be mentored in the basics of film photography and darkroom techniques, including such archival techniques as wet plate photography and large format film photography. He carried this experience into his academic career as a biologist, using photography in his teaching and research, where he used photo and electron-microscopy and image analysis to study genetics.
Upon retirement, Robert moved to digital photography and the digital darkroom and focused on nature and street photography, areas in which he directs his viewer to see the relationship between the arts and sciences, and where he develops photos in the digital darkroom in monotone using archival techniques of film photography or in color, depending on the purpose of the story told.
Robert views the photograph as his “novel” to be read by the imagination of the viewer, and thus he crafts the photograph for this purpose. He is interested in showing how cultures may differ but are much the same. His work has been exhibited in physical and online galleries via competitions and in solo exhibits at St. Louis Artist Guild, Bradley University, Peoria Artist Guild, at EuroBiotech Poznan, Poland, and Solo Artist at Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, among others. He has been in curated exhibits and was awarded 3rd place in the 2022 Fall Exhibition at the International Photographic Hall of Fame and Museum. He is a featured artist at Camelback Galleries and has been Artist of the Month in Gallery Ring and Camelback galleries.
The photograph is, in many ways, a pictorial novel. The photographer does not necessarily write the words, but rather establishes background and character; the imagination of the viewer does the rest. It has a purpose, and like a book, it becomes a storage place for ideas and events and a teaching tool. In my many years as a biologist, using photography as a research and teaching tool, I realized that there is a close relationship between science and the arts.
Clearly, photography can be used to teach this relationship. While the relationship is easily captured in nature photography, it can also be found in human societal and cultural differences. Thus, one of my goals is to use photography to show that even though cultures may differ, they are much the same and that we should see this sameness as we address worldly issues. I try to show this through photography of peoples in their native environment, involved in their daily tasks of living.
In my early mentoring in film photography, I was taught using archival techniques, working primarily in monotone. With the evolution of digital photography and the digital darkroom, I realized that street or candid photography better writes the pictorial novel. As such, I try to capture people as they would be and not posed as they might be, and while I still work in monotone, I also work in color, as this talks about the culture and cultural differences, often better showing the setting of the novel.
To learn more about Robert and to see more of his “The World Around Us” series of photographs, please visit his website.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Maureen Ravnik has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and she will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Maureen is an award-winning photographer based in Colorado, USA. Maureen was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 24th Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified her art to be showcased in this feature.
Maureen’s Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets, with inclusion on Google News & Bing News. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Maureen’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 artworks that were submitted to this competition.
Maureen Ravnik was born and raised in Minnesota. She attended the University of Colorado to pursue a career in sales & marketing. Working and traveling a lot in that discipline opened her eyes to the wonders of the American west and reawakened childhood tendencies to creatively document her discoveries. She began making images of the American west in hopes of preserving the history, the culture, and the dreams that shaped the west. Maureen has placed in the Audubon International Top 250, local, national, international juried photography exhibitions, monthly club competitions, and state park calendars. Her images have been selected for use by the City of Littleton, and National Geographic for publication, as well as several newspapers. She has co-authored 2 books that document the history of the second largest natural area in the country. Maureen has also served as a juror for the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts in Colorado.
My methods and techniques are largely self-taught. I am deeply inspired by the work of Ansel Adams and Art Wolfe. My work is also derived from my imagination. My greatest satisfaction comes from taking the file from camera to computer to develop composites. The results reflect my personal feelings, beliefs, events, culture, etc. that are best expressed through artistic interpretations. My work is delivered in an array of styles that arc between realism, passionately abstract and doggedly figurative. *This still life series is dedicated to the Native American culture.
Maureen’s art can be found on her website.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Stephen Mimms has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and he will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Stephen is an award-winning photographer based in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. Stephen was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 24th Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified his art to be showcased in this feature.
Stephen’s Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets, with inclusion on Google News & Bing News. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting his artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Stephen’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 artworks that were submitted to this competition.
Artist Biography
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, moved to Washington, D.C. at an early age, Stephen now resides in Silver Spring, Maryland with his wife and two dogs. Stephen's photographic skills were self-taught, beginning with film. After retiring from the government, he discovered digital photography and the passion for his craft continued.
Artist Statement
I like to combine photography and digital art to produce photo-realism and a painterly style for his artistic vision. His photographic works cover a diverse range of subjects and styles, showcasing various interest in travel, nature, and architecture.
Stephen’s website is www.mimmsphotography.com.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is very pleased to announce that Ilona Abou-Zolof has been selected as one of the four winning artists of the gallery’s recent 22nd “Solo Art Series” Art Competition. Ilona will now have a month-long solo art exhibition and she will be featured on the gallery’s front page, on the Gallery’s YouTube Channel, as well as in the “Solo Art Series” Archive.
Ilona is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning digital artist based in Australia. She will now be promoted by the gallery with an extensive public relations campaign.
For this solo exhibition, the Gallery will distribute, promote and circulate press releases to over 550+ major News Outlets, including Premium FOX, CBS, and NBC Affiliated Sites, with guaranteed inclusion on Google News & Bing News. The Gallery will also provide social media distribution through LST gallery’s broad social media network.
Ilona’s art will also be featured on the gallery’s YouTube Channel and with an event postcard.
The “Solo Art Series” is a series of monthly solo art exhibitions for established artists who have a body of work to present to the public. Artist participants were asked to submit the following 3 components for the “Solo Art Series” competition: 1. Their art. 2. Their artist biography. 3. Their artist statement. These elements were evaluated and judged, which resulted in the selection of the artists who will be featured in individual month-long solo art exhibitions. This was the 22nd “Solo Art Series” Art Competition that the gallery has conducted.
Below are Ilona’s Artist Biography, her Artist Statement, along with 15 of her digital paintings. We hope that you will take the time to read Ilona’s information and to take a look at her artwork.
Artist Biography
Ilona is an image-maker and a digital artist. Taking images gives her as much fun as processing them. Digital tools and painting helped convert her photos and composites into digital art.
Learning new ways of making her art different gives her pleasure; she evolves and moves on, so she does not get boring to her viewers or bored with herself.
She is regularly published in International Art Magazines and participates in numerous Art Exhibitions. It is incredible what we can produce in the digital age, and it is fun.
Artist Statement
In these last two years, we had so many restrictions. We couldn’t travel overseas and sometimes not even to the next suburb. My art is my sanity. Some of you probably think the word sanity is not coming to mind when you look at some of my artwork. I kept swamped during this time. I also tried to get inventive and created my models in the digital world.
For this exhibition, I came up with the idea to paint portraits in the style of Art Deco. I painted the illustrations in Procreate on my iPad. It is fascinating that my art lets me bring my fantasy to print and that I can share my somewhat warped ideas with the viewers. I hope that my work evokes questions and triggers your fantasy.
Ilona’s website is www.zolof.net.
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Liza Botkin has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and she will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Liza award-winning photographer based in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Liza was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 22nd Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified her art to be showcased in this feature.
Liza’s Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to over 350+ major news outlets, with inclusion on Google News & Bing News. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Liza’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 images that were submitted to this competition.
Artist Biography
Liza Botkin was born and raised in New York City. She graduated from The Brearley School and attended Syracuse University and Hunter College. In 1971, Liza moved to Los Angeles where she worked 9 to 5, mostly in the entertainment industry.
After working as a studio manager for Michael Childers, she purchased a Leica CL camera, took a photography course at Fairfax High School and her photography career began.
During the 70s and early 80s she roamed the streets, department stores, markets and public gatherings of L.A. She entered competitions and was chosen to be in several publications and shows. In 1983, she stopped shooting, got married and her Leica sat in a drawer for the next 15 years. In early 1998, at her husband's urging, she brought the Leica out of the drawer, built a darkroom, and she’s been shooting and printing ever since.
Liza still hangs out in malls, markets and places where large groups of people tend to gather. She takes her camera with her every day, shooting "from the hip" because she doesn’t want people to be aware of her. She takes pictures where the subjects are weirdly but humorously interacting, in moments that amuse her and makes her smile when they come up in the developer.
Artist Statement
I was born and raised in New York City, but my photographic career began in Los Angeles in the 70s while I was working for photographers Michael Childers and Lou Stoumen, from whom I learned how to print.
I consider myself a street photographer, shooting from the hip, taking my camera with me wherever I go. I wander the streets of Los Angeles, spending much of my time in malls where, for many years, I’ve been documenting the preoccupation many people have with shopping.
Though I’ve never studied the art of photography in an academic setting, my work is deeply influenced and defined by that of Henri Cartier-Bresson. I, too, search for what he so aptly called “the decisive moment.”
Liza’s website is www.lizahbotkin.com/.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is very pleased to announce that Eileen E. Senter has been selected as one of the four winning artists of the gallery’s recent 22nd “Solo Art Series” Art Competition. Eileen will now have a month-long solo art exhibition and she will be featured on the gallery’s front page, on the Gallery’s YouTube Channel, as well as in the “Solo Art Series” Archive.
Eileen is an award-winning photographer and digital artist based in Texas, USA. She will now be promoted by the gallery with an extensive public relations campaign.
For this solo exhibition, the gallery will distribute, promote and circulate press releases to over 550+ major News Outlets, including Premium FOX, CBS, and NBC Affiliated Sites, with guaranteed inclusion on Google News & Bing News. The Gallery will also provide social media distribution through LST gallery’s broad social media network.
Eileen’s art will also be featured on the gallery’s YouTube Channel and with an event postcard.
The “Solo Art Series” is a series of monthly solo art exhibitions for established artists who have a body of work to present to the public. Artist participants were asked to submit the following 3 components for the “Solo Art Series” competition: 1. Their art. 2. Their artist biography. 3. Their artist statement. These elements were evaluated and judged, which resulted in the selection of the artists who will be featured in individual month-long solo art exhibitions. This was the 22nd “Solo Art Series” Art Competition that the gallery has conducted.
Below is Eileen’s Artist Biography and her Artist Statement, along with 15 of her artworks. We hope that you will take the time to read Eileen’s information and to take a look at his artwork.
Artist Biography
Eileen E. Senter is a self-taught digital artist. She has always enjoyed art and dabbled in t-shirt painting, ceramics and clay molding. However, after retirement with the British Government 15 years ago, she chose photography as her medium of choice.
Her first camera was a Kodak instamatic but Eileen has never liked straight out of the camera images and very soon researched various software photography programs that would help her grow as an artist and showcase her artwork. She blends programs together, sometimes two to three times until she gets to the “aha moment!”
Eileen’s favorite subjects are wildlife, flowers, rural scenes for composites, anything in nature. Her work has been published in the Galveston Monthly magazines a few times.
Artist Statement
I am originally from Nottingham, England, now living in Texas with my Husband, who is my best friend and avid supporter of my work. I have always had a desire for photography but creating art is my true passion. I am self-taught and work with many digital programs using my images to create and compose with the desire of bringing to life what I see through the camera for a finished and combined work of art.
Eileen’s website is https://eileensenter.smugmug.com.
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